Word: key
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Aside from the question of Hazelwood's drinking, there is a dispute over the key issue of the Valdez accident: Was Third Mate Gregory Cousins qualified to be in control of the vessel as it headed out of the sound? Though the Coast Guard emphatically stated after the wreck that Cousins was not so qualified, the matter is far murkier. Federal regulations governing "pilotage endorsements" in the sound have been altered so often that Cousins may have met the standard that was in force at the time. Shortly before the accident, Congress was considering legislation that would have eased federal...
...without some kind of child care system, such programs would be infeasible for women. Without improving the public education system, society is doomed to produce generations of citizens incapable of taking an active part in society. The fact is that, without such key elements, welfare does much more harm than good...
...BOSTON--Key portions of the state's new universal health care law would be delayed or eliminated under a measure passed by the House, but Gov. Michael S. Dukakis has vowed to veto the action...
There were two key changes, sponsored by state Reps. Frank Wood-ward (D-Walpole) and Peter Forman (R-Plymouth...
...key issue is whether the $1680 employers put into the state pool would cover the state's costs per person in providing health care insurance. Estimates vary widely. There are an estimated 600,000 citizens in Massachusetts with no health insurance...